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Johnny Cueto Newsbeat
Monday, August 10, 2020
Holding a no-hitter in the sixth inning, Cueto allowed a fly ball to Dodgers utility man Kiké Hernández that should not have been a problem. Statcast measured the xBA of the ball (i.e. the likelihood of a hit on similar balls in play) at just .060, with a 99% catch probability. It was a routine fly ball.
However, no routine fly ball is routine when the outfielder doesn’t see the ball. Enter Hunter Pence:
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